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A claim made by the Minister of State for Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on tuberculosis infection in Nigeria has been faulted by a nongovernmental organisation that holds public figures accountable. The NGO, Africa Check, in a release on Wednesday, quoted the minister as saying sometime in March that “Nigeria ranks fourth among the 30 highest […] …

Dr Michael Jose, the National Professional Officer of World Health Organisation (WHO) in Nigeria, has decried the alleged sale of free Tuberculosis (TB) drugs to TB patients in Rivers.
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An international medical organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says it has provided free treatment to 68 children suffering from tuberculosis in Borno in the past six months.
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ABUJA – As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate World’s Tuberculosis (TB) Day on Saturday, Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has decried the country’s low TB case finding for both adult and children.
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As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark World’s Tuberculosis (TB) Day on Saturday, Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has decried the country’s low TB cases finding for both adult and children.
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ABUJA – The United States Agency for International Development, USAID, the World Health Organisation, WHO, and other stakeholders in the Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Partnership, on Tuesday, deliberated on ways to ensure increased financing to end TB scourge in Nigeria.
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As part of ac tivities to commemorate this year’s World Tuberculosis Day, the World Health Organisation, WHO, United States Agency for International Development, USAID, the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, and the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control, Programme, NTBLCP, yesterday collaborated to offer free tuberculosis screening and treatment for residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
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ABUJA – About 302, 096 out of 407, 000 cases of tuberculosis, TB, went undetected in 2017, the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP) has revealed.
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A team of four boys on Thursday defeated a female team of 11 girls in a cooking competition organised by the Holy Family School in Lagos.
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